Infallible Carlos Sainzhad the ideal match in her Marina Bay Singaporetook advantage of the pole position from which he started and celebrated the second victory of his career and Ferrari’s first in this year’s Formula 1 season!
At the same time, it put an end to the incredible winning streak of Red Bull, which did not have the right strategy and stayed away from the top positions. Second finished o Lando Norris and third o Lewis Hamiltonby Russell to make a mistake and have an exit on the last lap, losing third place to his teammate. In 4th place finished o Leclercwhile o Verstappen he stayed fifth, after his 10 consecutive victories! Gasli, Piastri, Perez, Lawson and Magnussen completed the top ten.
Exciting development of the race in its finale, with the first four following each other in “breathing distance”, the Saint to withstand the vanguard and him Russell to miss the podium just before facing the checkered flag!
The cars lined up for the start, with Sainz first, with Russell next to him and Leclerc, Norris in the second row, ahead of Hamilton and Magnussen. At the same time, the red Bulls, after their bad qualifying yesterday, had Verstappen 11th and Perez 13th.
An ideal start for her Ferrari, with Leclerc making an immediate pass to Russell, while Hamilton “cut” the track to pass Norris and Russell, being ordered to give back the gained positions a lap later. THE Tsunoda retired after contact with Perez, while Verstappen quickly gained three places to 8th. As for him Saintremained comfortably first, having a constant gap from his teammate.
Nothing changed until the 18th round, when o Sargent he hit the wall, the spoiler sticking to the bottom of his car. With the track littered with debris, the safety car came out and everyone but Red Bull and Bottas pitted, including Sargent. Big loser of the stage is Ferrari, with its engineers being forced to keep him Leclerc in the pits due to traffic in the pita lane, which resulted in the Monegasque losing two positions and falling behind Russell and Norris. At the same time, the Red Bull who did not enter the pits, found themselves on top.
With the departure of the security car, Mr Russell he passed Verstappen for 2nd, while Norris and Hamilton passed Perez to move up to 4th and 5th respectively. Tire-damaged Red Bulls could not hold onto their positions, dropping to 6th and 7th, with their team’s strategy not working as their pit stops on lap 40 saw them drop to the last places.
On the 44th lap his car Okon he stayed at the exit of the pit lane and we had a virtual safety car, with the two Mercedes entering the pits to exit with medium tires in 4th and 5th, while Alonso crashed to 15th, after a disastrous Aston Martin pit stop.
Russell and Hamilton they sharply increased their pace thanks to their fresh tires and comfortably passed him Leclerc, while Saints and Norris came within a “breathing distance”, with 5 laps left for the finale! Saint withstood the pressure and took the big win, Russell made the big mistake and sent his car into the barriers trying to pass 2nd placed Norris and losing everything, while Hamilton eventually took the podium, with Leclerc finishing 4th and Verstappen 5th.
Next stop for the Formula 1 championship in Japanthe 3 day September 22-24.
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